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Almaqrami v. Pompeo "Plaintiffs were offered the chance to apply for a select number of “diversity visas.” The government never granted them visas, and the statutory deadline to do so has now passed. But this case is not moot because...

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 5, 2019 "This interim final rule is promulgated to require alien petitioners for the Diversity Visa Program to provide certain information from a valid, unexpired passport on the electronic...

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - "The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for...

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - "This public notice provides information on how to apply for the DV–2019 Program."

Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle, Jan. 3, 2018 - " Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law professor at Cornell University , said that despite Trump's claims, no government or even individual can game the system since it is a true lottery. Until...

Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast, Nov. 2, 2017 - "An Egyptian Muslim just-arrived in the United States on a Diversity Visa — precisely the type that Donald Trump is trying to blame for the bike-path murders on Halloween in Lower Manhattan —...

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 180 / Friday, September 16, 2016 - "This public notice provides information on how to apply for the DV–2018 Program."

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 180 / Friday, September 16, 2016 - "This final rule is promulgated to clarify that photographs submitted as part of a diversity visa lottery entry package must have been taken no more than six months before the date...

"An annual U.S. visa lottery program that offers immigrants a chance to become permanent residents drew more than 11 million applicants this year, as lawmakers appear poised to end it. The so-called “diversity visa program” attracted...

"The 2016 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2016) will open at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 1, 2014, and will close at noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday, November 3, 2014. Applicants must submit entries electronically...